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Flo Bert recorded for Paramount, and the rectangular phonograph is a Paramount model X; see the same kind of grate in the advertisement for different Paramount phonographs in The Talking Machine World, Februray 15, 1920, between page 50 and 51 (archive.org/stream/talkingmachinewo16bill#page/n301/mode/...).

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Puritan phonograph, before 1922:

Presumably Flo Bert, contralto, as at victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/1876/Bert... www.imdb.com/name/nm0077786/ www.redhotjazz.com/flobert.html and www.discogs.com/artist/4283024-Flo-Bert

See also www.mainspringpress.com/bert.html She has page on the French Wikipedia fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_Bert Biographical details: Flo Bert (1898–1981) Born: December 2, 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA Died: April 8, 1981 (age 82) in Los Angeles County, California, USA Married to El Brendel -- www.imdb.com/name/nm0107151/?ref_=nmbio_sp_1 Flo appeared in "Cinderella on Broadway: A Fantasy of the Great White Way," which opened June 24, 1920 and ran for 126 performances.

Yes, this is Sophie "Flo" Bert. More info at thedocumentrecordsstore.com/tag/flo-bert/

This phonograph with the unusual bombe case is a Puritan phonograph model, made by the United Phonographs Co. in Sheboygan, WI. (www.intertique.com/PuritanID.html) The Talking Machine World, January 15, 1920, page 160: archive.org/stream/talkingmachinewo16bill#page/n187/mode/...

Thanks swanq and xiphophilos. We'll update all of Ms. Bert's catalog records.